More Endorsements--Nags Head--Sadler & Remaley

To add to my previous post, apart from the mayoral race, we also have four candidates running for two Board of Commissioners seats. In Nags Head we do not use precincts, so all Commissioners are essentially "at large" and the top two vote recipients will win the seats.

This year, incumbents Anna Sadler and Doug Remaley are being challenged by Joseph Maione and Will Woolard. Maione formerly operated Maione's Italian restaurant, where La Fogota is presently located. Woolard is president of Dare Capital Management, LLC, a financial planning entity.

I am very satisfied with the performance of our incumbent commissioners and for that reason I am supporting both Remaley and Sadler. In the case of Remaley, we have a strong voice for property rights and oft times he displays a broader point of view in those discussions. Both he and Sadler are strongly in favor of beach nourishment, including maintaining interest in the Army Corps plan.

Over time, I have become more and more skeptical of the viability of the Army Corps renourishment plans, but until we debate the issue in Nags Head on a more science/return on investment platform versus the "class warfare" scenarios of past votes, I refuse to disregard the Army Corps as an option. I expect our elected officials to maintain the same open-mindedness.
Both challengers openly oppose the Army Corps plan. Maione goes further, claiming that somehow the only beneficiaries of refurbished beaches are ocean front property owners, rather than the town (and by extension, the entire county) at large. Given such a short-sighted point of view on what is essentially are primary revenue generator deserves a "no confidence" vote.

On election day, I'll be pulling the levers for Bob Oakes, Doug Remaley, and Anna Sadler.